NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ longest serving political aide will resign

New York’s Staten Island — According to a recent Politico report, Mayor Eric Adams’ top adviser and lifelong confidant submitted an unexpected resignation.

Politico reports that Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who has worked for the Mayor from the beginning of his political career, quit abruptly on Sunday with immediate effect.

Although she resigned abruptly, it wasn’t a complete surprise. Politico claims that Lewis-Martin had expressed a desire to retire after the new year, prior to Adams being charged with a long list of federal offenses earlier this year.

According to the publication, she is not currently anticipated to participate in Adams’ reelection campaign.

Adams told Politico in a statement that Ingrid has been more than simply a friend, confidante, and valued advisor—she has been a sister. Even though we’ve been planning for this day for a long time, it’s still difficult to realize that Ingrid won’t be living next door every day.

According to NY1, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office raided Lewis-Martin’s residence in October as part of the mayor’s probe.

Lewis-Martin is now among a number of Mayor Adams’s loyalists who left the troubled administration.

Shortly after his brother, NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, resigned earlier than expected in October, Philip Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety, also resigned.

Sheena Wright, the first deputy mayor and wife of David Banks, then resigned as well following a string of FBI raids and phone seizures related to the federal corruption probe targeting Adams.

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